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TagThe Job Market is Back, Baby! (guest post)
Charles Lassiter, associate professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, has once again taken a look at the advertisements for academic positions in philosophy, and reports what he has found in the following guest post*. (more…)
Greene from UCL to UCSB
Amanda Greene, currently associate professor of philosophy at University College London, has accepted an offer of associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). (more…)
Renzo to Head KCL’s Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law
Massimo Renzo has been appointed as the new Yeoh Tiong Lay Chair and Director of the Yeoh Tiong Lay Centre for Politics, Philosophy and Law at King’s College London (KCL). (more…)
Notre Dame Hires Hamkins from Oxford and Montero from CUNY
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame has made two senior hires: Joel David Hamkins, currently professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Barbara Gail Montero, currently professor of philosophy at City University of New York (CUNY). (more…)
Maclure from Laval to McGill
Jocelyn Maclure, previously a professor of philosophy at Laval University, has been hired by McGill University as the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair on Human Nature and Technology. (more…)
Philosophy Professor Claims To Be Threatened With Dismissal for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
Julie Ponesse, a philosophy professor at Western University’s Huron College, says in a video that she is facing “imminent dismissal” by the university for her refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (more…)
Zheng from Yale-NUS to Glasgow
Robin Zheng, currently assistant professor of philosophy at Yale-National University of Singapore, has accepted an offer of a permanent position in philosophy at the University of Glasgow. (more…)
Sliwa from Cambridge to Vienna
Paulina Sliwa, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge, will be moving to the University of Vienna, where she will be professor of moral and political philosophy. (more…)
Liverpool Philosophers Object to Planned Layoffs at University, Call for Support
The members of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool have authored a letter in support of the actions being taken by their union in response to planned layoffs (redundancies) of colleagues in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (more…)
Allais from UCSD to Johns Hopkins
Lucy Allais, currently Henry E. Allison Endowed Chair in the History of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, will be taking up a position as professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. (more…)
New Site Lists Jobs Outside of Academia for People with Advanced Degrees in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Madeline Martin-Seaver, a philosophy post-doc at Auburn University, has created a new site that lists “alt-ac” job openings that would be appropriate for people with graduate degrees in the humanities and social sciences. (more…)
Numbers of Senior Hires in Philosophy During Recent Years
Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) looked into the numbers of senior hires in philosophy made in recent years. (more…)
Stuart from Geneva to National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Michael Stuart, currently a fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Centre for Philosophy of Science at the University of Geneva, has accepted a tenured position as associate professor at the Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. (more…)
Job Placement Numbers for the 2020-21 Season (several updates)
PhilJobs’ “Appointments in Philosophy” lists 30 tenure-track, 7 fellowship, and 5 “other” placements for the 2020-21 job market season, according to a write-up by Charles Lassiter (Gonzaga). (more…)
Arvan’s 2021 Philosophy Jobs Report
How many tenure track positions in philosophy were advertised during the 2020-2021 job market season? (more…)
The Philosophy Profession, Mid-20th Century
It has been known for some time that there would be few openings for people receiving their Ph.D. degree in philosophy this spring. But how dire their prospects are was not really brought home to us until last week when the Western Division of the American Philosophical Association met in Ann Arbor. (more…)
To Help Avert University’s “Hunger Games,” A Philosopher Steps Down
Philosopher John Sutton will be voluntarily stepping down from his position as professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University as a way of helping his colleagues avoid a “Hunger Games”-style plan imposed by the university to cut faculty. (more…)
Cambridge Hires Dewar and Fine
Neil Dewar, currently assistant professor at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and Sarah Fine, currently senior lecturer in philosophy at King’s College, London, have been hired into permanent positions by Cambridge University. (more…)
Restall from Melbourne to St. Andrews
Greg Restall, currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, will be moving to the University of St. Andrews, where he will be the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy. (more…)
Drożdżowicz and Malmgren to Lillehammer (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)
Anna Drożdżowicz, currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo, and Anna-Sara Malmgren, currently a lecturer at Stanford University, have been hired as tenured associate professors of philosophy by the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Lillehammer. (more…)
Junior Yearly Progress Reports in Pandemic Times
A junior faculty member has questions about the assessment of faculty on the tenure-track over the past year, particularly regarding how such faculty should, if at all, discuss how the challenges of the pandemic affected their progress. (more…)
Schafer from Irvine to Texas
Karl Schafer, currently professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, will be moving to the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. (more…)
Otsuka from LSE to Rutgers
Michael Otsuka, currently professor of philosophy at the London School of Economics, has accepted an offer from the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers University. (more…)
Magrin and Rosen to Pitt
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh has made two recent hires. (more…)
Cuts at Ithaca College Include Philosophy
Following up on a fall announcement of pending faculty and program cuts, the administration of Ithaca College has released a draft proposal specifying who and what is to be eliminated. (more…)
Hedden from Sydney to ANU
Brian Hedden, currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, will be moving to Australian National University (ANU), where he will be associate professor of philosophy. (more…)
Kingma from Southampton to KCL
Elselijn Kingma, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton, has been named the Peter Sowerby Chair in Philosophy and Medicine at King’s College London (KCL). (more…)
Morton from UNC to Pennsylvania
Jennifer Morton, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has accepted an offer from the University of Pennsylvania. (more…)